Man arrested in connection with Ventura burglary

Ventura police said they arrested a man accused of burglarizing a neighbor's house while she was asleep.

Police said they received a report at 3 p.m. Saturday that an 18-year-old woman had been sleeping in her upstairs bedroom in the 9600 block of Telephone Road when she awoke to noises. She got up and discovered a man downstairs stealing property, police said. He fled with property when she confronted him, police said.

The victim recognized him as the resident of a nearby apartment, police said. Officers found him there and arrested him, police said.

He was found in possession of some of the stolen property, police said. Police said Andrew Martinez, 20, was booked into county jail on an accusation of residential burglary.